Reason 2: Printers/MFDs are Network Appliance ● Nowadays, every kind of devices are connected to the internet – Printers and Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs) also ● They provides services via the internet – Basic service: printing and scanning – Col aboration with the mobile/web/cloud services will make new business ● Security consideration is needed

OpenPrinting Topics 1) Printing Dialog ● CPD-UI need much human resource (that's why project stacking 6-years) – Canonical sponsored, but they decided postpone because of their project priority ● D-Bus i/f is already there, but not tested – Interface test should be start without CPD-UI, with current major UI (ex. GTK-Print) – How to do is under discussion

OpenPrinting Topics 2) Future of CUPS and printerd ● CUPS is core module in Linux printing system ● But CUPS is owned by Apple – Next version 1.6, some modules (not used in OS X, but used in Linux) have been removed (and moved to OpenPrinting) – In the future, CUPS don't update PPD-related features. New “dynamic API” wil provide improved features. ● Linux distros must catch these changes up

PWG Topics 2) Cloud Imaging ● Currently modeling is going on ● First step of standardize is focusing printing – Create “PWG Cloud Print” – Based on Google Cloud Print, but re- define commonly ● This WG is fresh, lots of things to be disuss, so comments from “cloud” people is really wanted!

Conclution ● Changing the world of imaging (printing, scanning) begins ● Both of OpenPrinting and PWG are lots of things to be discussion near future – CPD, Mobile Printing, IPP, Cloud, ... ● Need deeply discussion with printing guys and specialists of mobile, web and cloud ● PLEASE HELP US!